‘The Glory Belongs To God’

Amanda Harding

2 years ago

<&excl;-- BEGIN THEIA POST SLIDER -->&NewLine; &NewLine;&NewLine;<div style="position&colon;relative">&NewLine;Rapper A&dollar;AP Rocky on Tuesday was found not guilty in his felony assault trial, leading to much celebration by him and the mother of his two children, fellow recording artist Rihanna&period;&NewLine;The 36-year-old celeb was acquitted after being accused of firing a semi-automatic handgun at his former friend and A&dollar;AP Mob member, A&dollar;AP Relli (Terell Ephron), during a fight in November 2021&period; &NewLine;A&dollar;AP Rocky, whose real name is Rakim Mayers, was facing two charges of felony assault with a semi-automatic firearm, which carried a maximum sentence of up to 24 years in prison if convicted of all charges&period; The rapper rejected a plea deal of 180 days in jail at the start of the trial last month&period; &NewLine;When the not guilty verdict was <a href="https&colon;//people&period;com/asap-rocky-found-not-guilty-felony-assault-trial-verdict-11681492">read</a>, the courtroom exploded with applause and shouting as Mayers embraced his attorney&period; &NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Thank y’all for saving my life,” the rapper told the jurors as they left the Los Angeles courtroom&period;&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I really want to thank the jury for making the right decision&period; I’m just so thankful, this is crazy right now,” Mayers added outside the courtroom&period;&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;This whole experience has been crazy for the past four years but I’m thankful, nonetheless, I’m thankful and I’m blessed to be here right now, to be a free man talking to y’all right now,” he said&period;&NewLine;Rihanna, who had appeared in court occasionally during the three week trial with the couple’s children RZA, 2, and Riot, 1, wrote on her Instagram Stories&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The glory belongs to God and God alone&excl;”&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Thankful, humbled by His mercy&excl;” she wrote, adding a praying hands emoji at the end of the post&period;&NewLine;During closing statements, L&period;A&period; County Deputy District Attorney John Lewin told the jury not to consider Rihanna or the couple’s children while deciding the verdict&period; &NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;This is not something you’re allowed to consider,” Lewin told the jury on Friday&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We are all responsible for what we do&period;”&NewLine;He said, &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I want to make sure that no matter how famous his [partner] is, no matter how cute his kids are, no matter how much they giggle during closing arguments… he needs to be treated like any other person&period; Because in the end that’s what he’s entitled to&period;”&NewLine;Prosecutors argued that Mayers shot twice in the direction of Ephron and left him with bullet-graze wounds above his knuckles&period; The former member of Mayers’ crew also testified that Rocky had allegedly threatened to kill him the same night, per <a href="https&colon;//www&period;cbsnews&period;com/losangeles/news/asap-rocky-trial-jury-deliberations/">CBS News</a>&period;&NewLine;Meanwhile, Mayers’ attorneys argued that he only fired blanks that evening in 2021 from a prop gun he had acquired on a music video shoot&period; Neither side produced a gun as evidence&period;&NewLine;The defense accused Ephron of fabricating evidence, committing perjury, and attempting to extort Mayers&period;&NewLine;</div>&NewLine; &NewLine; <a href="https&colon;//www&period;dailywire&period;com/news/rihanna-reacts-to-aap-rocky-not-guilty-verdict-the-glory-belongs-to-god">Source link </a>&NewLine;<&excl;-- END THEIA POST SLIDER -->&NewLine;